Saddleback Church, the Lake Forest-based megachurch founded by best-selling author Rick Warren, is appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff ...

Rick Warren, the retired pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, failed Tuesday to convince the Southern Baptist Convention to restore his church to its fold after his 2021 ...

Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church Andy Wood and his wife Stacie Wood, inside the worship center in Lake Forest on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Andy Wood replaced celebrity Pastor Rick Warren last ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Rick Warren is a Founder with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2006 Forum as a Pastor for Lake Forest, California in the Saddleback ...

The Lake Forest-based evangelical church, founded by popular pastor and author Rick Warren, is one of the largest churches in the United States.

Southern Baptist Convention leadership voted Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, one of the largest and most well-known churches in the denomination.

Launched in 1980 by Rick and Kay Warren, Saddleback has grown over four decades to 14 locations in Southern California, with an average weekly attendance of 30,000.

Warren, Saddleback’s founding pastor, made a surprise visit to the 2022 SBC annual meeting and urged Southern Baptists to overcome their differences and continue to cooperate.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church, best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life and Coordinator of the global Finishing the Task coalition, today announced ...